...on February 13th, 1689, declares that cruel and unusual punishment shall not be inflicted. In the " Report of the commission to investigate and report...into effect the sentence of death in capital cases," appointed in New York in 1886, the following list is given of the various modes of capital punishment...

...appointment of a commission to investigate and report to the Legislature the most humane und approved method of carrying into effect the sentence of death in capital cases." PASSED February 7 , 1887 ; three-fifths being present. The People of Uie State of New York, represented...

...on Mount Sinai. EXECUTION IN CAPITAL CASES : Report of the Commission to Investigate and Report upon the most Humane and Practical Method of Carrying into Effect the Sentence of Death in Capital Cases. Eldridge T. Gerry, Alfred P. Southwick, and Matthew Hale, Commissioners. Transmitted to the Legislature...

...from a report of the Commission appointed by the Governor of New York to investigate and report on the most humane and practical method of carrying into effect the sentence of death in capital cases. demonstration. The heart may rightfully be considered the centre of function, and, in the execution...

...Commission appointed by the Legislature of New York about a year ago, to investigate and make a report upon the most humane and practical method of carrying into effect the sentence of death in capital cases has lately completed its work. The president of the Commission was Mr. Gerry, President of the Society...

...Pp. 24. Gerry, Elbridge T.. and others, report of the Commission to investigate and report the mosx Humane and Practical Method of carrying into Effect the Sentence of Death in Capital Cases* '1 o tho Legislature of New York. Pp. ICO. Treat, EB, Publisher. The "Don't forget it Calendar" for...